The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, July 10, 2009

July 10, 2009

Top News of the Day

XUAR
Chinese Economist Missing, Apparently Detained
AP (via YahooNews) (via Yahoo! News), July 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_on_re_as/as_china_outspoken_uighur

China's Xinjiang Braces for Muslim Day of Prayer
Reuters via YahooNews.com (Asia Section) (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/09/content_11682286.htm

Using Wrong Photo, Kadeer Pleads Case
China Daily, July 10, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/10/content_8404890.htm

Han-Uygur Economic Gap Grows as Firms Shun Xinjiang Labour
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ff9941f96062210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Try to Heal Psychological Wounds of Unrest
AP (via YahooNews) (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest

清真寺負責人:沒限教徒麥加朝聖 (Mosque Person In Charge: Followers Not Restricted From Mecca Pilgrimage)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090710/gak3.htm

News

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Offered Free Health Exams in S. China City
Xinhua News Agency, July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/10/content_11685601.htm

Law
艾滋感染者告保险公司歧视 一审驳回原告诉讼请求 (AIDS Patient Sues Insurance Company for Discrimination, Court Overrules Plaintiff's Suit)
Xinhua News Agency, July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/10/content_11685603.htm

Human Rights Defenders
泛蓝重庆成张起被判刑四年 (Chongqing Political Dissident Zhang Qi Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_panblue-07082009122309.html?encoding=simplified

Population
中国大力资助农村计划生育妇女脱贫致富 (China Gives Financial Assistance to Help One Child Policy Women in Rural Villages Escape Poverty)
Xinhua News Agency, July 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/10/content_11685222.htm

State Security
China Says Rio Employees Bribed Steel Producers
Reuters UK (via Reuters UK), July 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090709/wl_asia_afp/chinaaustraliabritainminingcompanyriotinto

Disasters
Hundreds Injured, 10,000 Homes Destroyed in China Quake: State Media
AFP( via YahooNews) (via Yahoo! Asia News), July 09, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090709/wl_asia_afp/chinaquake

Bilateral Ties
Turkish Minister Urges Goods Boycott
AP (via South China Morning Post) (via South China Morning Post), July 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1f9941f96062210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Opposes Turkey's Call for UN Talks on Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency, July 09, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/09/content_11681745.htm

土耳其总理声明:将向热比亚发放签证 (Turkey Prime Minister Declares: Visa to be Extended to Rebiya Kadeer)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Turkey-07092009150004.html

Internet Censorship
“饭否”网站被关“维吾尔在线”创办人据传被捕 ("Fanfou" Website Shut Down, "Uigher Online" Creator Allegedly Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-07092009084228.html